Music Reviews
Street Fairie CD by Cree Summer
Anyone who’s seen the show “A Different World” (hit 1987 spinoff of sitcom, “The Cosby Show”) probably remembers the earthy, bohemian airhead named Freddy. Her real name is Cree Summer, and when you hear her slightly whiny, yet melodic voice on her debut album “Street Fairie“, you’ll …
Higher Ground by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
HIgher Ground is a remake of Stevie Wonder’s original song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I really enjoy most of the music that the Red Hot Chili Peppers record, and Higher Ground is one of my favorites. Higher Ground, the Red Hot Chili Peppers version is a really …
German Metal Bands: Rammstein, Stahlhammer & Oomph!
This German band is a great band in many different ways. the style changes slightly between the songs. some of their songs are slow and more melodic whereas some are hard, fast and extreme if you were to actually know what they are saying. I do really like this …
Bob Marley ‘Legends’ Album
I was never really into Reggae as a genre of music but if I was ever to get into it then the legendary Bob Marley would serve as my personal entry point. All the more fitting I thought then, that his first album I would get is entitled —˜Legends’.
It …
Kill ‘Em All by Metallica
Kill ‘Em All by Metallica is probably one of the most amazing sounds I’ve ever heard ever. I even dare to say that this is Metallica in their truly best form as well. But I wish, for once that the CD cover would be more nicer and …
Sledding With Tigers - 5432Fun (Song)
5432Fun is a song by Sledding With Tigers and the third track to appear on their second release, The Hill Sheep. Opening up with the familiar chorus of vocals which has become characteristic to the sound of Sledding With Tigers, 5432Fun quickly transitions into a section which is surprisingly …
Van Halen live at the US Festival bootleg concert
The US Festival in San Bernadino California was a music event sponsored by Steve Wozniak of apple it started on labor day weekend of 1982 then started again on memorial day 1983. One of the big days of the event was e heavy metal day which featured the Scorpions,Motley …
Munbe Vaa Song
Munbe Vaa is a fantastic song from Sillendru Oru Kadhal Movie. The music composed by A.R.Rehman. This is one of my favourite songs of A.R.Rehman. Vaali writes the lyrics of this song. The song has very different starting line. Shreya Ghosal and Naresh Iyer …
Listen - Version 1 (2006): Beyonce
Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Listen” (Version 1)
Album: B-Day/”Dreamgirls” Soundtrack
Label: Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrack
Director: Diane Martel
“Listen” is a single and music video off of the soundtrack for the 2006 film “Dreamgirls”, it is also included on her second album titled “B-Day”. The song basically follows the subplot of her character from the film, …
Green Day - All The Time (Song)
All The Time is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Nimrod. The track starts off with a staccato sounding guitar riff before the bass and the drums quickly come in. The track has that very characteristic pop-punk three-chord sound which has come to be associated …
Classifieds by the academy
Classifieds by the academy is, is a song I like because it talks about how a guys life in the city is just like the classifieds. This song is so different than any I’ve ever heard so I thought I would do a review on this song. I like …
Of Mice & Men - Restoring Force (2014 Album)
Of Mice & Men dropped this album on February of 2014, I took it to heart to listen each of this songs and review it, listen to it. Really listen to it; and I enjoyed it, how could I not to? This is a band that has a unique …
Pink Floyd Dark Side of The Moon
Pink Floyd released Dark Side Of The Moon on March 17, 1973 inside the Continental United States.It remains today one of the most beloved and mysterious albums ever released.It still averages incredible sales and continues to have a large fan based following due to philosophical themes, intricate musical composition, …
Animal Collective - Chores (Song)
Chores is a song by Animal Collective and is the third track on their album Strawberry Jam. Opening up with a vocal section immediately, Chores quickly transitions into a significantly faster section and is the quickest song to come on Strawberry Jam thus far. Perhaps some listeners felt that …
The Beatles - Julia (Song)
Julia is the final track which appears on the first disk of The Beatles’ White Album. An interesting fact about Julia is that this is the only Beatles track throughout their entire catalogue where Lennon plays on the track, and Lennon alone. No other Beatle is heard on this …
Ibanez GRG220dex
Bought this guitar during a sale, at first it was just for the looks but it was just more than that after I tested it when I got back home.
Its original price was SGD$642 but I bought it at SGD$350.
Black glossy finish with a Wizard II like neck, Ibanez …
Gary Moore-Shapes of Things
Off his Victims of the future album hard rock and blues guitarist Gary Moore did a cover of Shapes off Things by the yardbirds. His version he does is a cool hard rock style rendition of the track. Gary really jams hard on this one I like his awesome …
Music Groups: The Eagles
The Eagles made a comeback album called “Hell Freezes Over” and it absolutely proved just how great the group really is. They are an easy listening type rock band that had long retired when they came back together for this tour turned album. Their talent shines through with songs …
Meet Miley Cyrus Album
A lot of people try to trash talk Miley Cyrus for being a rebellious Disney Star who has made a lot of mistakes in the public eye by posting really bad pictures of herself on public social networking sites. Although I do not think Miley Cyrus is a great …
Metallica - The Unforgiven (Music Video)
Overview —“ The Unforgiven I, the final music video released by Metallica for support of their record The Black Album is their most symbolic video at this point yet also probably my favorite and their best. Along with Nothing Else Matters, The Unforgiven easily has the most personal lyrics …
Jefferson Airplane - Feel So Good (Song)
Feel So Good is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their album Bark. The track opens up with a piano part which has a nice moving rhythm before a guitar lead comes in over it and a bass line comes in as well which supplies depth and …
K-zone
I have a cousin who’s crazy and madly deeply in love with High School Musical. He would buy everything and anything he can get his hands on that have High School Musical in it. One time he got himself a copy of K-zone magazine that’s featuring HSM at that …
Clay Walker: Live, Laugh, Love CD
I actually won Clay Walker: Live, Laugh, Love CD from a local radio station. I wasn’t even sure I knew who Walker was. Of course, I found out soon enough that he was a country music singer.
The first thing I noticed that the liner jacket is on …
The Dance by Garth Brooks
The Dance, sung by Garth Brooks, holds different meaning to different people. For me, it is about the death of a child. To others, it is about lost love. It truly can be whatever you want it to be about. This is one of my favorite Garth Brooks songs. …
Creative Zen Stone Plus 2GB MP3 Player
About 3 years ago I wanted an mp3 player. I chose to get the Creative Zen Stone Plus 2GB MP3 Player in a stylish pink color. This product caught my eye mainly because of its low price of only $39.99 at the time I bought it online. …
“Landshark/Where The Wild Things Are” by Fang (Compilation: 1997)
In 1982 and 1983, Fang released their first two LPs, “Landshark” and “Where The Wild Things Are”, a pair of albums that are about as good and solid as it gets in second wave punk. In 1997, they were paired together and re-released in one package, providing over 40 …
Shania Twain: Come on Over CD
For so long, Shania Twain was all the rage, in country and pop music both. Shania Twain: Come on Over CD contains so many of the early hits. Of course, just about everything she recorded early on was a hit. Man! I Feel Like a Woman, …
Kill at Will: Ice Cube CD
Wow what can I say this Kill at Will album by Ice Cube was very violent! He was very pissed, and he spoke his mind on this album. Kill at Will has very explicit lyrics, and he is very violent on the album. This is a great album to …
The Rolling Stones - Carol (Song)
Carol is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their self-titled debut record. As soon as I heard the opening guitar part I thought Chuck Berry and this would make sense as this song is a cover of him. Therefore, since it’s a cover I can’t comment …
Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien (Song)
Subterranean Homesick Alien is a song by Radiohead which appears on their record OK Computer. The track opens up with an interesting rhythm guitar pattern before a lead guitar part begins to play over it and also some background noises gives a listener the impression like they’re in space, …
Through The Pain (She Told Me): P. Diddy ft. Mario Winans
P. Diddy ft. Mario Winans
“Through The Pain - She Told Me”
Press Play
Bad Boy Entertainment
“Through The Pain (She Told Me)” is P. Diddy’s fourth single and music video from his fourth album titled “Press Play”, following “Come To Me” with Nicole Scherzinger, “Tell Me” with Christina Aguilera, and “Last Night” …
Billy Joel (singer)
I was never really a fan of the singer Billy Joel until only a few years ago. This might have been because a certain radio station personality would play his songs too regularly for me to appreciate them at the time.
Billy Joel is one singer whose history I …
Neutral Milk Hotel - A Baby For Pree (Song)
A Baby For Pree is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the fourth song on their debut album, On Avery Island. In contrast to the previous couple of songs on this record, the instrumentation on A Baby For Pree is incredibly stripped down and has a much …
Animal Collective - Who Could Win A Rabbit (Song)
Who Could Win A Rabbit is a song by Animal Collective and is the second track on their album Sung Tongs. Similar to the opening track, Leaf House, Who Could Win A Rabbit features instrumentation which is far more stripped down in comparison to the previous record, Here Comes …
Deftones (band)
One of my all time favourite bands is a band called the Deftones. I was listening to them ever since I was in my latter part of high school and even now that I am almost twenty two, I still have not fallen out of love with their music.
What …
Complete Me Deluxe Edition Album by FrankMusik
I’ve been a fan since I first heard Frankmusik’s break-out single “3 little words” at Last.fm. I couldn’t get enough of Frankmusik’s eclectic light and heady out-of-this-world pop melodies. There was so much anticipation for this album, his first one yet. It’s just too much auditory …
Mumford And Sons Sigh No More
There are many good points about Mumford and Sons releasing their newest album Sigh No More. They have been currently on tour around the U.S and will be for the next year. This genre of music i particularly like because it is kind of …
Greenday: American Idiot CD
I received this CD about 2 christmases ago from a friend. Greenday was my favourite group then, so I was very excited about listening to them. They did not let me down of course. My favourite song in the album was the song “Boulevard of Broken dreams” even though …
Dirt Off Your Shoulder (2004): Jay-Z
Jay-Z
“Dirt Off Your Shoulder”
The Black Album
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Dave Meyers
“Dirt Off Your Shoulder” is the second single and music video from Jay-Z’s eighth (and purposed final) album, following “Change Clothes”. It looks like a lot of people may have agreed with me regarding his previous music video, because now Jay-Z …
Bob Dylan - Alberta #1 (Song)
Alberta #1 is a traditional song arranged and performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Self Portrait. The track starts off with a very blues sounding rhythm before Dylan comes in with the vocals for the track. As far as I remember, Self Portrait was one …
One In A Million (1997) - Aaliyah
Aaliyah
“One In A Million”
One In A Million
Blackground/Atlantic
Director: Paul Hunter
Aaliyah jumps out with her third video and single from “One In A Million” titled none other than “One In A Million”, the album’s title track itself, following the same trend from her first and previous album. Here she is accompanied …
JYJ The Beginning album
Released in October 2010, the South Korean trio JYJ’s long-awaited all-English was met with explosive power, receiving a total of more than 520,000 preorders. I was one them, and one of the lucky ones to get a copy of the Limited Edition (only 99,999 in the world), which contains …
Mark Mulcahy - Hey Self Defeater (song)
“Hey Self Defeater” is the opening track on Mark Mulcahy’s debut and overlooked album “Fathering”. At first listen you may notice that “Hey Self Defeater” is a minimalistic and bare bone approach to a song. The whole basis of the song focuses on 2 instruments, a clean electric guitar …
The Best Of 1980-1990 by U2
Best of and greatest hits CD’s are always worth a good review regardless of the singer/band, which is what led me to writing this review. Hope this review will persuade you to by this CD is you haven’t done so already. Good music at any price!
U2 The Best …
Ludwig Accent Combo 5 piece Drum Set
I’ve been playing the drum set for over 4 years now! This drum kit is the only one I’ve own. It is a great set for a beginner and also as your progress to the intermediate skill!
The Price is between $300-$600, which is quite inexpensive for a drum set! …
Metallica - Wasting My Hate (Song)
Wasting My Hate is a song by Metallica which appears on the first half of their double record Load/Reload. The track opens up with a clean guitar riff before Hetfield comes in with an effect on his voice with a tone that makes him sound somewhat distant. The song …
Bad Boy For Life: P. Diddy ft. Black Rob and Mark Curry
P. Diddy ft. Black Rob and Mark Curry
“Bad Boy For Life”
The Saga Continues…
Bad Boy Entertainment
It was made apparent from the previous “Let’s Get It” and the current “Bad Boy For Life” music videos that P. Diddy had come back strong, stronger than ever. “Bad Boy For LIfe” is the …
KISS MUSIC FROM THE ELDER
(Music From) The Elder
This LP would be notable for three things:
1.) It was KISS’ return to the realm of a concept album
2.) It would be Ace’s last album with the band for 16 years as he quit/was fired soon after.
3.) The album bombed so bad it was KISS’ worst …
Jim Laab Music Store
JIM LAAB’S MUSIC. Was the best experience I�ve had a purchasing something major via the internet. I desperately wanted a baby grand piano for my new house, however, a zillion trips to music stores, some near and some quite far away, left me feeling very depressed. I …
Someday (1990): Mariah Carey
Artist: Mariah Carey
Video: Someday
Album: Mariah Carey
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Larry Jordan
“Someday” is the third music video and single from Mariah Carey’s very first self-titled album, following the previous singles and music videos which are “Vision of Love” and “Love Takes Time”. This time, Mariah Carey teams up with director Larry …
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